Nearly extinct, possibly only one surviving specimen in Botswana. chobiensis) – A local subspecies restricted to the Chobe Valley in southeastern Angola, Namibia ( Zambezi Region) and northern Botswana. Relict populations in northern Somalia vanished during the early 20th century. Formerly central Sudan, Eritrea, northern and southeastern Ethiopia, Djibouti and northern and southeastern Somalia. It became extinct due to excessive hunting and habitat destruction around 1850. Once abundant from the Cape of Good Hope to Transvaal, South Africa and probably into the south of Namibia, this was the largest subspecies.
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